lithotrite

Historical Examples of lithotrite

• Care must be taken not to catch the bladder-wall with the lithotrite.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1

  Various

• But it is well known that they sometimes defy all lithotrite instruments, and compel us to have recourse to the knife.

  On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment

  Honor Bourguignon

• The lithotrite has two blades, a “male” and a “female,” the latter fenestrated, the former solid with its surface notched.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1

  Various

• This danger is avoided by raising the point of the lithotrite immediately after grasping the stone and before crushing.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1

  Various